Research

QUIEST Center Expands Support of Transdisciplinary Quantum Research with New and Renewed Seed Grants

The QUIEST Center has expanded its support of seed research in 2025 by funding two new projects and renewing funding for both ongoing seed projects from last year's cycle. Read more about the seed projects here!

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Qubits to qudits: Using quantum mechanics to transmit information more securely

Leveraging principles of quantum mechanics to securely transmit messages has promised a revolution in encryption, keeping sensitive information secure. Now, a collaborative team of researchers led by the School of Engineering and Applied Science’s Liang Feng and Ph.D. candidate Yichi Zhang has developed a system that enables more stable, robust, high-efficiency, and long-range quantum communication, paving the way for practical, high-dimensional quantum networks.

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New Quantum Sensing Technology Reveals Sub-Atomic Signals

Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science (Penn Engineering) have utilized quantum sensors to realize a groundbreaking variation of nuclear quadrupolar resonance (NQR) spectroscopy, a technique traditionally used to detect drugs and explosives or analyze pharmaceuticals.

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